Todd Mattei

For most solo musicians, going it alone is the chance to be in absolute control of his or her sound. For guitarist/composer Todd Mattei, his Litesalive project is a chance to create a complete sensory experience, pairing his experimental and atmospheric songs with video.Mattei, who spent years as a guitarist in popular art-rock band Joan of Arc, uses effects and pedals to distort and change his guitar to the point where it is often unrecognizable -- strumming gets looped into a clipped chugging, later it's transmuted to a hush whirring, or layered into a colossal crunching. "I love when someone tells me that (it's unrecognizable),"says Mattei. "But it might be because as a listener I am not as drawn to rock as certain other kinds of music, at least not in comparison to many of my musician friends. I like the sound of strings, piano and organ. Those are the things that I have always tried to emulate with a guitar, though, for a long time I was not conscious of it." 6 p.m. Friday; Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219-21 S. Morgan St.; Free (all ages); coprosperity.orgRead the full Todd Mattei interview

For most solo musicians, going it alone is the chance to be in absolute control of his or her sound. For guitarist/composer Todd Mattei, his Litesalive project is a chance to create a complete sensory experience, pairing his experimental and atmospheric songs with video.Mattei, who spent years as a guitarist in popular art-rock band Joan of Arc, uses effects and pedals to distort and change his guitar to the point where it is often unrecognizable -- strumming gets looped into a clipped chugging, later it's transmuted to a hush whirring, or layered into a colossal crunching. "I love when someone tells me that (it's unrecognizable),"says Mattei. "But it might be because as a listener I am not as drawn to rock as certain other kinds of music, at least not in comparison to many of my musician friends. I like the sound of strings, piano and organ. Those are the things that I have always tried to emulate with a guitar, though, for a long time I was not conscious of it." 6 p.m. Friday; Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219-21 S. Morgan St.; Free (all ages); coprosperity.orgRead the full Todd Mattei interview

For most solo musicians, going it alone is the chance to be in absolute control of his or her sound. For guitarist/composer Todd Mattei, his Litesalive project is a chance to create a complete sensory experience, pairing his experimental and atmospheric songs with video.Mattei, who spent years as a guitarist in popular art-rock band Joan of Arc, uses effects and pedals to distort and change his guitar to the point where it is often unrecognizable -- strumming gets looped into a clipped chugging, later it's transmuted to a hush whirring, or layered into a colossal crunching. "I love when someone tells me that (it's unrecognizable),"says Mattei. "But it might be because as a listener I am not as drawn to rock as certain other kinds of music, at least not in comparison to many of my musician friends. I like the sound of strings, piano and organ. Those are the things that I have always tried to emulate with a guitar, though, for a long time I was not conscious of it." 6 p.m. Friday; Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219-21 S. Morgan St.; Free (all ages); coprosperity.orgRead the full Todd Mattei interview